2005 House Bill 4027 ↩

House Roll Call 670: Passed

To authorize a tax abatement provision similar to that proposed by Senate Bill 175, but drafted much more narrowly so that it would only apply to a potential warehouse facility in the Village of Constantine, near the Indiana border in St. Joseph County. SB 175 was vetoed because its proposed tax breaks were less narrowly drawn, possibly allowing a tax break for a Wal-Mart warehouse near Mt. Pleasant, and Gov. Granholm contended it should be narrowly targeted. The bill also would establish an exception that allows an Industrial Plant Rehabilitation tax exemption for a facility authorized by a local government on Oct. 14, 2003 (Coffee Express in Plymouth Township, which would save $7,000 through 2009 under the bill), notwithstanding other provisions of the Industrial Plant Rehabilitation Act that would otherwise make the exemption invalid.